April 25, 2008; A dose of their own medicine!

I woke up today at around 8:30 in the morning, kinda late for the LIVE telecast of the NBA Playoffs between the Cavs and the Wizards. I ate my breakfast uber fast for me to follw the game, and I did. Even though I was late in getting up from bed, it was all worth it because the Wizards easily defeated the Cavs! The results in a bit! :)

After watching the game, off to eat my lunch! Then, took a bath because me and my parents went out for business purposes. Then, went to Greenhills for relaxation. Haha! Ate dinner at House of Mini's, then went home! Tomorrow, my uncle will be arriving from NZ so it will be another day for me and our family.

Now, onto the NBA news. The Toronto Raptors went on to win at home against the Orlando Magic, 108-94, to stay alive, making it just a 2-1 Magic lead in their best-of-seven series. Former Buck T.J. Ford led the Raptors with 21 points and 5 rebounds. Spaniard Jose Calderon added 18 points for the Raptors. Meanwhile, Turkish Hedo Turkoglu led the way for the Magic with 26 points and 7 rebounds, while Dwight Howard added a double-double performance with 19 points and 12 rebounds on 3 consecutive playoff games for Magic. Next game will still be at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto at 3:00 a.m. LIVE on Basketball TV.

The next game made history for both of the teams. Why? Simply because of the margin of defeat. The Washington Wizards gave the Cleveland Cavaliers a taste of their own medicine when they avenged their 30-point defeat on Game 2 with a 36- point win, 108-72. The winning margin was the largest in the Wizards' playoff history and the losing margin was the largest in the Cavaliers' playoff history. The trouncing was led by DeShawn Stevenson with 19 points on 5 out of 7 from the rainbow country. Four other Wizard players scored in doule figures namely Roger Mason, Caron Butler, Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood with 18, 17, 15 and 14 points respectively. Gilbert Arenas, who went out of the game late in the second quarter because of his knee, just scored two points on just 10 minutes of play. LeBron James led the way for the Cavs with 22 points on 10 out of 19 shooting. Note that no other Cav player scored in double digits. The Wizards made the series 2-1, still in favor of the Cavs. The next game will still be played inside the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. on Monday, April 28 at 1:00 in the morning.

And the last game for the day was Game 3 between the Jazz and the Rockets wherein the Rockets avenged 2 losses at home with a win away, 94-92, to trail the Jazz just one game, 2-1, in their best-of-seven series. Tracy McGrady, went out on his fourth-quarter slump in the playoffs to lead the the Rockets with 27 points and 7 assists, while "Skip to my Lou" Rafer Alston had 20. The Jazz meanwhile, choked at home, but were led by Deron Williams with 28 points and 12 assists. Carlos Boozer had a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Next game will still be at the EnergySolutions Arena in Utah on Sunday, April 27 at 10:30 a.m. LIVE on C/S RPN.

Here are the detailed results:
Orlando 94
Toronto 108
ORL: Hedo Turkoglu- 26 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts.
TOR: T.J. Ford- 21 pts, 5 rebs, 3 assts, 2 stls.
Magic leads series 2-1.
Next Game: Sunday, April 27 @ Toronto, LIVE at 3:00 a.m. on Basketball TV.

Cleveland 72
Washington 108
CLE: LeBron James- 22 pts, 7 rebs, 3 assts, 1 stl.
WSH: DeShawn Stevenson- 19 pts, 1 asst, 3 stls.
Cavs leads series 2-1.
Next Game: Monday, April 28 @ Washington, LIVE at 1:00 a.m.

Houston 94
Utah 92
HOU: Tracy McGrady- 27 pts, 5 rebs, 7 assts, 1 stl.
UTAH: Deron Williams- 28 pts, 3 rebs, 12 assts.
Jazz leads series 2-1.
Next Game: Sunday, April 27 @ Utah, LIVE at 10:30 a.m. on C/S RPN

Tomorrow, there will be 3 games from the Playoffs. First up is Game 3 between the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers from Phili which will be shown LIVE at 7:00 a.m. on Basketball TV. That series is tied at 1 game a piece. The next game will be Game 3 between the New Orleans Hornets and the Dallas Mavericks from Dallas which will also be shown LIVE at 8:00 a.m. on ESPN. And last, but not the least, will be Game 3 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Phoenix Suns from Phoenix, and will be shown LIVE at 10:30 a.m. on C/S/ RPN. I will update you guys again on the results of the playoff games.

Also tomorrow will be the Barcley's Premier League game between Manchester United and Chelsea at 5:00 a.m. LIVE on ESPN Star Sports! Updates will surely come as well for the match at Stamford Bridge, and will determine the champions for this year's Premier League. The Wizard was here...